Leadership Report

Student Engagement

What an exciting time for our Year 12’s (and students who have studied Unit 3 and 4 of a VCE subject). It’s the time of year where you get reward if you’ve put in the hard work. I had noticed a few stressed students coming up to exams, and it was pleasing to see some smiles after the English exam last Wednesday. Good luck for the rest of the exams.  You’re in good hands with our Chief Exam Supervisor Liz Kealy and Assistant Supervisor Alex King.

School Bus News - Adhoc Travelling - Students

All our bus runs have designated stopping points. These are the only places the bus can stop. However, if there are old bus stops on a run, these can be re-added to the run to help grandparents/relatives/family friends who occasionally may be looking after Edenhope College/ St Malachy students. For this to happen, plenty of notice given to the College. Signed notes also need to be provided with drop off addresses, dates, contacts, names of students and the bus run involved. The bus must not change from its current school route. Early notice (up to a week),  gives the college bus coordinator time to inform bus drivers, and to determine whether the proposed drop off meets safety standards.

Staffing

Our VCE exam supervisors Liz Kealy (Chief Exam Supervisor), and Alex King (Assistant Exam Supervisor).

Numeracy Learning Specialist

Kara Shuttleworth, has taken on the role of Numeracy Learning Specialist. She will roll out the Numeracy Toolkit and its functions, with a six month goal of having all Mathematics classes using activities weekly from this toolkit. It is based around raising comprehension within the Mathematics domain. It aligns with our whole school goal, which is raising comprehension through targeted reading initiatives. Kara also teaches Year 10, 11 and 12 Mathematics at the College.

Middle Years Literacy & Numeracy Support ( LNS Coordinator

Jen Altmann has taken on the Literacy coordinator role in the MYLNS initiative (Middle Years Literacy/Numeracy Support). She coordinates and delivers support to students who are a part of this middle school program. Jen also delivers all VCE English at the College.

Community

A big congratulations goes out to all involved with getting the local basketball competition up and running. It’s a real win for the community and has sparked a lot of interest. It takes a lot of volunteering to make it work. Let’s get behind it!!

Student Wellbeing

Student safety and wellbeing is always at the forefront of decisions within the school environment. Today I’ve included our Child Safe Policy for you to look at.  I will look to communicate other policies in future newsletters.

Trevor McClure

Acting Principal 

4/11/19